Eaton to shake up GCC energy storage market

Energy storage systems are becoming crucial components in the development of smarter grids, and the trend is picking up very fast in the GCC. New technologies are facilitating a wider adoption and deployment of renewable generation, and they hold the potential to give people greater control over their energy supply and consumption.

Battery-based energy storage systems are proving highly desirable because they provide utilities companies with ultra-fast response balancing services to the electric grid. As the market for this type of energy storage picks up in the GCC, UME speaks to Frank Ackland, managing director, Eaton Middle East, to determine how solutions providers are tapping into the growing prospects.